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That's right, it's time once again to pay tribute to the fine journeymen of the Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers, one of the finest fictional basketball institutions founded in late April of 2010. For those who have no clue what this is, it's a fantasy league I put together that's named after the legendary Uwe Blab... In a nutshell, BLAB takes some choice scrubs from the past and gives them their own 6-team league, headlined by team captains Greg Kite, Larry Krystkowiak, Kevin Duckworth, Kurt Rambis, Joe Wolf, and Paul Mokeski. The season is 30 games per team, and outcomes are determined by the career Win Shares per 48 min. of the players on each roster (randomized using the players' seasonal standard deviations of offensive and defensive WS/48). The top 3 teams in the league table make the playoffs, with the eventual winner taking home the prestigious Uwe Blab Championship Trophy.

The last time we checked in with BLAB, the Joe Wolf-led Lone Wolfs were 8-2, sparked by the outstanding play of Mario Elie, as well as Chris Gatling off the bench. However, the Krystkowiak Special Ks were hot on their trail, just a game back at 7-3, and Team Mokeski was 2 games behind at 6-2. That was 10 games ago; here are the results since then:

TmG#

LgG#

Home Team

Away Team

Winner

11

31

Special Ks

Duckworth Ducks

Special Ks

11

32

Kite's Flyers

Rambos

Kite's Flyers

11

33

Team Mokeski

Lone Wolfs

Team Mokeski

12

34

Duckworth Ducks

Rambos

Duckworth Ducks

12

35

Lone Wolfs

Kite's Flyers

Lone Wolfs

12

36

Special Ks

Team Mokeski

Special Ks

13

37

Rambos

Special Ks

Rambos

13

38

Lone Wolfs

Duckworth Ducks

Duckworth Ducks

13

39

Team Mokeski

Kite's Flyers

Team Mokeski

14

40

Kite's Flyers

Special Ks

Special Ks

14

41

Duckworth Ducks

Team Mokeski

Duckworth Ducks

14

42

Rambos

Lone Wolfs

Lone Wolfs

15

43

Duckworth Ducks

Kite's Flyers

Duckworth Ducks

15

44

Special Ks

Lone Wolfs

Special Ks

15

45

Team Mokeski

Rambos

Team Mokeski

16

46

Duckworth Ducks

Special Ks

Special Ks

16

47

Rambos

Kite's Flyers

Kite's Flyers

16

48

Lone Wolfs

Team Mokeski

Lone Wolfs

17

49

Rambos

Duckworth Ducks

Rambos

17

50

Kite's Flyers

Lone Wolfs

Kite's Flyers

17

51

Team Mokeski

Special Ks

Special Ks

18

52

Special Ks

Rambos

Special Ks

18

53

Duckworth Ducks

Lone Wolfs

Lone Wolfs

18

54

Kite's Flyers

Team Mokeski

Kite's Flyers

19

55

Special Ks

Kite's Flyers

Special Ks

19

56

Team Mokeski

Duckworth Ducks

Team Mokeski

19

57

Lone Wolfs

Rambos

Lone Wolfs

20

58

Kite's Flyers

Duckworth Ducks

Duckworth Ducks

20

59

Lone Wolfs

Special Ks

Special Ks

20

60

Rambos

Team Mokeski

Rambos

Over the past 10 games, the once-scorching Lone Wolfs have cooled off considerably, going 5-5 and allowing the Special Ks to overtake them for first place:

Team

Abrv

W

L

Wpct

GB

Special Ks

SPK

16

4

0.800

Lone Wolfs

WLF

13

7

0.650

3

Team Mokeski

MOK

10

10

0.500

6

Duckworth Ducks

DWD

9

11

0.450

7

Kite's Flyers

KFL

7

13

0.350

9

Rambos

RAM

5

15

0.250

11

The charge by the Special Ks was led by the tandem of PG Mike Wilks and Wing Ira Newble, who combined for 3.6 Win Shares and were instrumental in the Ks' two victories over the Wolfs. The Special Ks have now won 9 of their last 10 games, and have a stranglehold on the #1 seed going into the BLAB Playoffs. Here are the updated team rosters and Win Shares through 20 games per team:

The Lone Wolfs are still being powered by Mario Elie, whose 3.2 Win Shares lead the league, but a strong showing by Wilks vaulted him into the MVP discussion as well -- although in fairness, it was a team effort by the Special Ks, who got solid production from Anthony Johnson, Anthony Bowie, Larry Krystkowiak, Will Perdue, and Luther Rackley in addition to Wilks and Newble. Here are the MVP leaders so far:

This entry was posted on Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 12:30 pm and is filed under Insane ideas, Just For Fun.
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